UPDATE: Police release the names of the suspect and the victim in the homicide on Paulette Road Thursday afternoon.

Baltimore County Police have identified the victim in the homicide on Paulette Road Thursday as 52-year-old Richard Anthony Washington of the 2000 block of Paulette Road.

The suspect has been identified as 18-year-old Richard J Washington of the 2000 block of Paulette Road. He has been charged with first degree murder and is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

The initial investigation into this incident has indicated that the victim and the suspect were involved in an argument when the suspect shot the victim several times with a large caliber firearm. The victim is the suspect’s father.

Original release:

The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in Dundalk this afternoon.

At 1:03 p.m., Baltimore County Police and Fire personnel responded to an apartment in the 2000 block of Paulette Road in Dundalk for a report of a shooting. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found an adult male suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The male was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.

Police have taken one person into custody in reference to this incident.

This incident is under active investigation by the Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit. This is Baltimore County’s first homicide to occur in 2014.

Further information on this incident will be released as it becomes available.